Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
The Independents Continued Mis-.
representation.

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representation.
The Kirwin Independent IS still try
| ing to manufacture buncOmO for its self
and 70 iniurs the HERALD by misrepre-
/ senting us in the matter of the railroad
| printing done by the HERALD last
/ spring, for the respective townships
through which the @. Il. & n. r. X.
runs. Two weeks ago, we stated among
other things, that there was cOnsidera-
/ bic discussion as to whether the county
or the townships should pay for the
/ printing done. Lawyers differed, so
| we wrote TO NJ, A. Low, President OF
! the road, asking him what had been
I tho rule in other counties east of this.
| In the article in which VIC mentioned
| our correspondence with NJ. A, Low
/ we used this language President Low
informed US by letter it should be paid
/ by the respective townships and not by
/ the county. If therefore there should
/ be any error as 70 who should pay It, il
/ is not the HERALD's error, as we acted
on the instructions of Mr.. Low and
/ competent Attorneys. In the hide
endent's reply, it says;
Acted on the instructions Of mr.. Low, Ell!
[ And Mr.. Low is President OF Railroad Com
I Pany isn't hef Too many papers are acting on
u
I most refreshing feature OF the article quoted in
full from the HERALD il its frank confession thar
I 10 acted on instructions Of Mr.. Low, President
/ Of the G. X. q n. II. r., &c.
The Independent continues on in
/ this style till il uses a half column in
| telling and reteling how we confessed
| that Mr.. Low instructed" us 10 pre-
sent our claim TO the township. That
word instructed nearly gives the
| editor OF the Independent spasms. He
must think The public very shallow II
| they can be misiead by were clap trap.
| The HERALD only used the word in
/ structed in the sense that Mr.. Low in
| formed us by letter, IN response to
/ ours, that the law and the practice
was for the townships to pay the eX-
| penses OF the elections held to vote on
propositions to authorize the issuing
Of bonds to railroads. As there was
some misunderstanding here as to the
meaning of the law, it occurred TO US
that as bonds had been voted in twenty
or thirty other counties in Kansas 10
the G. X. & n. r. R., we would write
to President Low and ask him what
had been the procedure IN those count
les. He replied as heretofore stated,
and that is all there is of that, and
therefore the astounding Stiffness Of the
Independent in cavOrting about and
INDUCING in such war-whoOps. The
question whether the townships, which
held the election, should pay the ex-
penses or whether the county a. large
should foot the bill, is an important
legal question: As stated last week
the Supreme Court has decided that the
townships must pay the expense. And
thus it turns out that the Independent
editor in yaWping so loud and so long
about our being INSTRUCTED" TO pre-
sent our printing bill to the townships
has only exposed his own Ignorance.
He has failed, and most signally failed
TO make a point on the HERALD as he
had hoped to do in this matter.
The HERALD's charge was honest and
just and was according to the fees pro
Vided by law, and was presented TO the
proper parties for payment. Not only
were we right in every particular and
our slanderer (the independently wrong,
but we authorized our agent who pre-
scented the claim 10 the trustees, to do
nate q certain part of our Just claim
against said townships. Therefore in
stead of being ''bOOdlers" as the indie
pendent has tried to have people be-
lieVe US to be, our course has been
truthful, strictly legal, open and honest,
and will bear the closest investigation
and not only is this so, but the HERALD
has been public spirited and generous
in this and other public enterprises as
is well known by its many friends. On
the other hand the Independent gross
ly misrepresented the amount of print
ing we did for the townships, made
various false accusations against US,
tried to distOrt from its proper mean
ing certain words we used, and by
lsOphistry and insinuations endeavOred
70 cause its readers to believe that the
HERALD prOprietOrs were trying to get
money for printing not done, or in
some illegal and dishonOrable way.
The editor who pens these lines has
never put a dollar into his pocket that
did not come into his possession in an
honest honorable way, and he does not
listen with cOmplacency 70 the indie
pendent editors fiippant style of call
ing the HERALD prOprietors bOOdlers.